GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 822 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1002 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 384 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should theoretically be just a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 19456 (18%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be much (more or less 45%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16208 (45%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be much (about 26%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5504 (26%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.